What 2 Watch: Weekend Edition: 3/15 - 3/17/08

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By James Chamberlin

Welcome to IGN TV's What 2 Watch -- your guide to what's noteworthy on TV each night. You may notice we'll point out shows worth watching that air at the same time -- it's up to you to make a choice or fire up a DVR.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent: "Offense" -- 8:00pm ET/PT on NBC. Repeat -- When a key witness in a high profile rape is found dead, Logan and Falacci dig into the rape case, discovering a football team who protect their own, and an ambitious Assistant District Attorney with an agenda.

Here Come The Newlyweds: "My Wife the Backseat Driver" -- 8:00pm ET/PT on ABC. Repeat -- In the premiere episode, the seven couples meet for the first time and the game begins. Each husband is blindfolded and must choose which kiss belongs to his wife with each correct answer adding $10,000 to the final prize. A sex therapist gives the couples some interesting advice, and whichever blindfolded husband can knock down the least number of obstacles while his wife gives him driving directions will win immunity from elimination.

Cold Case: "Stand Up and Holler" -- 8:00pm ET/PT on CBS. Repeat -- When an anonymous confession to the killing of a 16-year-old girl is found in a modern art exhibit, the cold case team enters the high-stakes world of high school cheerleading to solve the girl's murder.

Journey to 10,000 B.C. -- 8:00pm ET/PT on History Channel. Repeat -- Discover the thrilling real story of life on earth in prehistoric times. Viewers will go back in time to when early humans are just starting to inhabit North America and huge climate fluctuations cause a mini-Ice Age. The saber tooth cat, the giant ground sloth and the woolly mammoth are suddenly becoming extinct. How does man survive? Travel to early archaeological sites in North America and watch as scientists uncover fossilized bones, ancient homes and weapons of stone. State-of-the-art green-screen computer animation re-creates the great mammoth hunts of the time.

Drumline -- 8:00pm ET/PT on TNT. For fans of America's show-style marching bands, halftime is game time. A squad of players, some 300 strong and armed with musical instruments, takes over the field, commanding attention with their stirring, spectacular display of choreography and musicianship. The football contest's controlled mayhem makes way for the blaring sound of trumpets and the heart-thumping rhythm of drums. Into this rigorous, ritualistic world comes a kid from a different culture. Devon Miles, a young, gifted hip-hop drummer from Harlem, wins a full music scholarship to Atlanta A&T University with the hopes of gaining a spot as a drummer on the school's renowned marching band's drumline. Devon, sporting a talent that is both raw and undisciplined, has one problem: He marches to the beat of his own drum. Surmounting overwhelming odds, he snares a spot as a starter, much to the disdain of a resentful senior class band member, Sean Taylor, who dismisses the freshman's skills as bogus. When Taylor discovers something amiss about Devon's abilities, he alerts Dr. Lee, the school's demanding, dedicated band director, who suspects that the upstart talent may have duped the school into awarding him his scholarship. That situation threatens not only Devon's future at the school but, more immediately, his spot on the band's drumline just before the heralded Big Southern Classic, one of the region's most popular musical competition, spotlighting some of the area's best college bands and the winner-take-all jackpot of $100,000 for the school. Now, with so much money, and possibly his own job, at stake, can Dr. Lee afford to pass up such a prize by keeping his star drummer on the sidelines?

Cops: "Coast to Coast - CP-2010" -- 8:30pm ET/PT on FOX. Repeat -- When Officer Shawn Ford of the Las Vegas, NV, Metropolitan Police Department is patrolling the Strip, he stops a man who can't seem to keep his hands to himself. When Officer Ford attempts to question the suspect, he doesn't want to cooperate and trouble ensues. Also featured is Deputy Robert Gizzi of the Lee County, FL, Sheriff's Office, who, while patrolling a known drug area, detains a suspect in possession of more than drugs.

Here Come The Newlyweds: "Take My Wife, Please" -- 8:30pm ET/PT on ABC. Repeat -- To see how well they can work together as a team, the couples get a tango lesson from Dancing with the Stars alumni Tony Dovolani and Elena Grinenko. Dance expert and "DWTS" judge Carrie Ann Inaba gives the couples their final scores. In addition, professional comedy writer Greg Fitzsimmons helps the husbands write a roast in their wives' honor that they must perform later that night. And the husbands have to notice what changes have been made to their wives after their head-to-toe beauty makeovers.

Torchwood: "A Day in the Death" -- 9:00pm ET/PT on BBC America. A victim of his newfound circumstances, Owen Harper believes he needs absolution. Will the lonely girl on the rooftop help him, or will it be a mission to the retrieve an alien device that is proving more lethal by the second? And how far will Toshiko go to help him?

Burn Gorman stars as Owen Harper in Torchwood: ''A Day in the Death''

America's Most Wanted: "Episode 2124" -- 9:00pm ET/PT on FOX. This crime-fighting program focuses on capturing fugitives, protecting victims and empowering citizens within the criminal justice system. The series also takes an in-depth look at laws that harm victims, champions the cause of lawmakers fighting to protect victims' rights and presents news of recent captures, convictions and missing children cases.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: "Streetwise" -- 9:00pm ET/PT on NBC. Repeat -- Park Avenue socialite Shelby Crawford's body is found in NYC'S Central Park, and Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliott Stabler initially suspect her wealthy boyfriend. But when Shelby's priceless earrings turn up in a pawnshop, the detectives realize someone wants to cash in on her death. While questioning former classmate Josie Mayes, Benson and Stabler are led to Cole and Cassidy, the leaders of a homeless community.

Criminal Minds: "Identity" -- 9:00pm ET/PT on CBS. Repeat -- When one half of a serial killing duo, a former militia member, commits suicide when caught by authorities, Hotch and his team must race to identify and apprehend his partner and save his victim.

The Incredibles -- 9:00pm ET/PT on Disney. A family of animated superheroes is forced to come out of retirement to save the world.

Law & Order: "Illegal" -- 10:00pm ET/PT on NBC. Repeat -- A murdered woman is found in an alleyway dumpster after a riot at an immigration rally. Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Ed Green's investigation leads to an auxiliary cop's over zealous attempt to stop the riot. The political nature of case elevates tension in the DA's office as DA Jack McCoy assigns ADA Josh Lethem to prosecute the case. But Lethem has his own biased agenda, bringing McCoy's liberal background into question.

The Replacements -- 10:30pm ET/PT on TNT. Shane "Footsteps" Falco is a disillusioned football player who believes his dreams have all but dissipated. Once a red-hot All American prospect, Shane now regrets ever believing that the NFL would draft him. However, fate takes a strange twist for Shane when during the 1997 NFL season, a player's strike leaves the fields (and stadiums) empty, leaving team owners scrambling to fill uniforms as fast as possible. When the Washington Sentinels bring back the contentious and self-retired head coach Jimmy McGinty to seek out players who will play with their hearts rather than their wallets, he picks Shane to lead his mismatched crew of outsiders through the strike. To everyone's surprise, the ragtag team goes on an unprecedented winning streak as they discover in themselves the ability to hope for more than they ever thought possible... maybe even the playoffs, which has been denied to the Sentinels for seven years.